Reduced mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with colchicine: Results from a retrospective, observational study.

Lucio ManentiUmberto MaggioreEnrico FiaccadoriTiziana MeschiAnna Degli AntoniAntonio NouvenneAndrea TicinesiNicoletta CerundoloBeatrice PratiMarco DelsanteIlaria GandofliniLorenzo DonghiMicaela GentileMaria Teresa FarinaVincenzo OlivaCristina ZambranoGiuseppe RegolistiAlessandra PalmisanoCaterina CaminitiEnrico CocchiCarlo FerrariLeonardo V RiellaPaolo CravediLicia Peruzzi

Published in: PloS one (2021)

In this retrospective cohort study colchicine was associated with reduced mortality and accelerated recovery in COVID-19 patients. This support the rationale for current larger randomized controlled trials testing the safety/efficacy profile of colchicine in COVID-19 patients.

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